We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.
Oliver GoldsmithSo the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Oliver GoldsmithTrue generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed upon us by the law. It is a rule imposed upon us by reason, which should be the sovereign law of a rational being.
Oliver Goldsmith